Nasal distender.



No. 690,527. Patented Ian. 7, I902.

W. MOORES.

NASAL DISTENDER.

[Application filed Apr. 9, 1901.

(No Model.)

SE8: W INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MOORES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NASAL DISTENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 690,527, dated January'7, 1902.

Application filed April 9, 1901. Serial No. 55,050. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MOORES, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in NasalDistenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device intended to expand the nostril forthe introduction of semisolids or fluids in connection with the use ofspray or collapsible tubes; and my invention is based on the theory thatin many cases,-

either as a result of diseased nasal muscles or because of their disuse,the muscular action in the nasal wings is very much lessened,leaving thenostrils liable to collapse, thereby preventing a free passage of sprayor other medicament to the interior.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple, delicate, andinexpensive device which may be applied as a tip to sprays andcollapsible tubes or the like and which when in use will not only insureperfect access of medication to the membranes of the nose, but will alsoact as a means of curative massage to weakened nasal muscles.

The device is sov constructed that it will obviate the necessity ofusing a nasal speculum in the application of medication to the nostrilsby sprays and medicament used with collapsible tubes. 7

To this end myinvention consists of a nasal tip simply made of suitablematerial and which can be screwed or otherwise secured or attached tospray-nozzles or collapsible tubes at their points of discharge.

In the drawings accompanying this appli cation, Figure l is a front Viewof the device. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is arear view. Fig.4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is asimilar View to Fig. 4, but showing the collar portion of the devicethreaded to permit its screw attachment upon a collapsible tube or thelike. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the opening for the outlet of sprayor medicament. Fig. 7 is a view of a collapsible tube with my improveddevice fitted thereupon as a tip; and Fig. 8 is a partial outline viewof a human nose, showing my device in operation as a distender.

In said figures, A indicates a collar portion arranged to fit as a tipupon a spray-nozzle,

collapsible tube, or the like, said collar being in some instancesthreaded, as seen in Fig. 5 at a, to permit it to screw upon the sprayor tube nozzle. Extending upwardly from said collar A are a pair ofwings B B, which wings are of substantially concavo-convex sectionthatis to say, said wings are curved at their outer surface to permit themto lie snugly against the inner surface of the outer wall of thenostril, so that by a slight pressure of the wings against thenostril-wall it may be perfectly distended, and thereby a passage openedin the nostril for the reception of the spray or other medicament. Thespace 0 existing between the wings B B is provided to permit theapplication therethrough of medication to the portion of thenostril-wall that is thereby exposed and for the purposes of massage.Said space 0 also more thoroughly causes the exposure of the anteriortip of the inferior turbinated bone to the medicament being applied.

Having now described my invention, I declare that what I claim isl. Acombined discharge-tip and nasal distender for adjustment uponcollapsible tubes and spray devices intended for the application ofmedication to the interior of the nostril, the same comprising a collarportion, having a pair of curved wings projecting from its perimeter atone side thereof.

2. A removable tip for nasal spray devices and collapsible tubes, thesame comprising a collar portion arranged to fit upon adischarge-nozzle, and said collar having a pair of wings extendingforwardly at one side thereof, and arranged to distend the nostril whileinserting medication. 7

3. A nose-distending tip for discharge-nozzles, comprising acollar-adjustment portion, and a pair of curved wings extending at oneside therefrom, said wings having an intermediate space between them forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of April, 1901. 1WM. MOORES.

WVitnesses:

CHAs. S. LONGHURST, AGNES V. KIERNAN.

